 Now thousands have taken to the streets across Brazil to protest against President Jair Bolsonaro's pandemic response, blasting the leader for not acquiring vaccines fast enough and for questioning the need for masks wearing. Brazil is expected to surpass 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 when official figures are released at the world's highest deaths toll after the United States. The government faces fierce criticism for passing up opportunities to buy vaccines. Pharmaceutical maker Pfizer said it got no response to early offers to sell vaccines to the government between August and November last year. Bolsonaro's press office did not immediately respond to the request for comment. Only 11% of Brazilians are fully vaccinated and 29% have received a first dose. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.